Happy Friday! A chess platform shipped a feature that tracks and displays the calories that users burn during a game of online chess 😂 Just waiting for Netflix PMs to take inspiration and help us perceive all our binging in a more positive light.

New features & products (12/2)

Social

• Trust & safety

  • Twitter to launch multicolored verification system

  • Twitter updates its algorithm for Community Notes

  • Snapchat adds a privacy toggle switch

  • Twitch ships a new 'shield mode' anti-harassment feature

  • Linkedin rolls out inbox and messaging safety tools

• Communication

  • WhatsApp tests voice note statuses

  • Polywork launches a collaboration browser extension for Twitter

• Other

  • WhatsApp rolls out a 'Message Yourself' feature

  • Nufa launches an app to imitate unrealistic beauty standards

  • Bumble ships 'Compliments', a message before match feature

  • Saturday launches a hangouts map view

Dev tools

• Data analytics

  • AWS launches an ML-based data management service

  • AWS announces Clean Rooms for private analytics data

• Dev

  • Leafmap adds support for an in-browser static Jupyter distribution

  • Snappify ships an updated onboarding flow for its dev design tool

  • AWS announces a low-code tool for building serverless apps

  • Paw ships a request variables feature in its description tab

• Infrastructure

  • AWS launches CloudWorks Internet Monitor to track connection issues

  • AWS adds automated agent monitoring to Amazon Connect

  • AWS unveils a Supply Chain cloud application

  • Heroku rolls out new pricing and kills free plans

General tools

• Collaboration

  • Jam.Dev ships desktop recording functionality

  • OlyvHQ ships multi-language changelogs support

  • ZipMessage launches new functionality for async messaging

  • Superhuman ships a raft of UI updates to its iOS app

  • ProtonMail announces categorizing, scheduling, and integrations

• No-code

  • Framer ships Scroll Transformations for landing pages

  • Tome introduces multi-column layouts

• Content consumption

  • Matter launches a raft of new features for Kindle users

  • 1 Password launches its new "Sign in with" feature

• Other

  • Android ships Reading Mode for accessible content consumption

  • Lottie introduces a cross-platform feature checker

  • Triplebyte launches Magnet for inbound SWE hiring interest

  • Epic Games publicly launches its 3D model scanning app

Web3

• NFTs

  • Uniswap launches an NFT aggregator

  • LooBr ships a referral program

  • Pianity unveils Bounty NFTs for artists

• Wallets

  • Coinbase Wallet delists a number of crypto assets

  • Telegram announces plans to build a wallet + decentralized exchange

  • Casa announces a redesign and the ability to secure BTC & ETH

  • Starshell launches a privacy oriented wallet on Secret

• Other

  • Phantom adds Ethereum and Polygon Support

  • zkBOB ships multitransfer functionality

  • Sony launches a metaverse motion-tracking system

  • Stripe announces an embeddable fiat-to-crypto onramp

  • Binance introduces a Fund Password security feature

Streaming

• Consumption reviews

  • YouTube Music rolls out end of year recaps

  • Apple Music launches revamped 2022 highlight reel

  • Spotify ships Wrapped with features incl. 'Listening Personality'

  • Instafest lets Spotify users create their own festival lineups

• Other

  • Recast ships data profile, rewarding users who choose to share data

  • Netflix is expanding its pre-screening program for new content

Creator

• Monetization

  • Pinterest shuts down its Creator Rewards program

  • Discord publicly launches Server Subscriptions

• Content creation

  • Buffer launches a social post ideation tool

  • Supermeme AI launches multi-language functionality

• Other

  • Scribbble ships a content analysis feature

Artificial intelligence

• Open AI ships ChatGPT, a conversational AI chatbot

• Amazon announces an Alexa AI tool for kids animated stories

• Disney unveils an AI tool to make actors look younger or older

• YepicAI launches a talking photo creation feature

• DeepMind unveils the first AI to master Stratego

Fintech

• Startup OS launches an 'operating system' for early-stage startups

• X1 announces a platform to buy stocks with X1 credit card points

• OpenWay launches Card and Wallet as a service platform

• Cloudwalk ships InfiniteBank for users in Brazil

Rideshare & delivery

• Amazon shuts down its food delivery business in India

• Amazon unveils a new drone for 30-minute urban deliveries

• Moovit ships live tracking for transit-line movements

• Kyte announces car rental subscriptions

Health and wellness

• Peace unveils on-demand work pods for mental health

• Huish rolls out its Oceanic+ divers app for Apple Watch

• Google licenses its AI research model for breast cancer screening

Other

• Apple rolls out crash detection improvements with iOS update

• AirBnB launches an "AirBnB friendly apartments" feature

• SpaceX doubles its Starlink price in Ukraine

• OneWordDomains ships a database of available domain names

• Synonym Bio unveils a global fermentation capacity database

• Netflix launches nine new mobile games

And that’s a wrap for today. Stay tuned for more!

- Amol